Cold Sesame Noodles
photo by I'mPat
- Ready In:
- 18mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons warm water
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon ground fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon honey or 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 lb linguine or 1 lb spaghetti, cooked al dente
- 2 -3 tablespoons chopped scallions
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1⁄3 cup carrot, grated into matchstick pieces, you can buy these pre-grated at the salad bar in the grocery store (optional)
directions
- While pasta is cooking, pulse all of the ingredients in a food processor just until well incorporated (do not over blend).
- When the pasta is cooked, drain, and mix with sauce.
- Then add carrots and toss (I never leave the carrots out).
- Chill for a few hours before serving.
- They are best cold!
- Garnish with scallions and sesame seeds just before serving.
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Reviews
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I have been looking for the perfect pasta recipe for late night snacks or sick days for over a year now. And now I have it! I did change a few things however: I added more water (3T all together since I originally halved the recipe), which did make it a tad thin, so next time I'll add less. I also added the Rice Wine Vinegar like someone suggested. This added a nice touch, but the 1T I added was just too much for me and I had to add a tad more soy sauce and honey to help cut it. Overall, I did feel like it was missing something, but I attribute that to using olive oil instead of sesame (didn't have any, did add sesame seeds at the end though), and using powered ginger instead of fresh and less of it (I don't like the taste of ginger). Oh, and some red pepper flakes add a nice little kick!
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I have been looking for a great sauce for cold sesame noodles, and found it. I did modify it slightly though and found the results outstanding. Based on previous reviews, I used 8oz of pasta instead of 16. I also increased the amount of warm water from 3T to 6T (and the flavor was not diluted). I added 2T of rice wine vinegar for punch, and about 1/4tsp of crushed red pepper for a mild heat (will use 1/2 tsp next time). This recipe is a winner.
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I have been looking for the perfect pasta recipe for late night snacks or sick days for over a year now. And now I have it! I did change a few things however: I added more water (3T all together since I originally halved the recipe), which did make it a tad thin, so next time I'll add less. I also added the Rice Wine Vinegar like someone suggested. This added a nice touch, but the 1T I added was just too much for me and I had to add a tad more soy sauce and honey to help cut it. Overall, I did feel like it was missing something, but I attribute that to using olive oil instead of sesame (didn't have any, did add sesame seeds at the end though), and using powered ginger instead of fresh and less of it (I don't like the taste of ginger). Oh, and some red pepper flakes add a nice little kick!
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Little Bee
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I am happily married to my best friend and we just bought our first house! No kids but we have 2 little dogs that we think the world of. I was born in California and although I have been on the East Coast for most of my life I am still displaced! I love the beach and hate the cold! In our free time we love to go to the beach or the mountains and hike or intertube down the lazy Shenendoah River. It is so beautiful there! I have loved to cook all of my life and will read cookbooks like they are novels!
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